TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lichtman,Allan J.
TI  - The embattled vote in America: from the founding to the present 
SN  - 9780674989344
AV  - JK1846 .E433 2018
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Suffrage
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction: Voters and non-voters --; The founding father's mistake --; A white man's republic --; Constructing and deconstructing the vote --; Votes for women --; The absent voter --; The Voting Rights Act of 1965 --; The new wars over the vote --; Reforming American voting --; Conclusion: The embattled vote; 2; b
N2  - Americans have died for the right to vote. Yet our democratic system guarantees no one, not even citizens, the opportunity to elect a government. Allan Lichtman calls attention to the founders' greatest error--leaving the franchise to the discretion of individual states--and explains why it has triggered an unending struggle over voting rights.--
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